Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests

The Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests ecoregion, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, is in the eastern Mediterranean Basin.

Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
Lebanon cedars (Cedrus libani) near El-Arz, Bsharri, Lebanon
Map of the ecoregion
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders
Geography
Area76,408 km2 (29,501 sq mi)
CountriesIsrael, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected216 km² (>1%)[1]

Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani) is a characteristic tree.

Geography

The ecoregion covers an area of 29,500 square miles (76,000 km2), in portions of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.

The ecoregion lies mainly in the Taurus Mountains, which run through southern Anatolia roughly parallel to the coast. The ecoregion also includes the higher-elevation portions of the Levantine Syrian Coastal Mountains, Lebanon Mountains, and Anti-Lebanon Mountains, which run parallel to the eastern Mediterranean coast. Temperate-climate forests and steppes lie to the north. The Mediterranean-climate Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests ecoregion lies along the southern Anatolian coast, in the Levantine midlands and lowlands, and to the east.

  • "Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

References
  1. Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
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